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  2. Great Man-Made River - Wikipedia

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    The Great Man-Made River Project (GMRP) was conceived in the late 1960s and work on the project began in 1984. The project's construction was divided into five phases. The first phase required 85 million m³ of excavation and was inaugurated on 28 August 1991. The second phase (dubbed First water to Tripoli) was inaugurated on 1 September 1996.

  3. Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System - Wikipedia

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    The transport of pipe segments for the Great Man-Made River (GMMR) in the Sahara desert, Libya, during the 1980s.A network of pipes that supplies water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, a fossil aquifer in the Sahara desert of Libya, the GMMR is the world's largest irrigation project.

  4. List of museums in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Local history [215] Ripley Museum Ripley Brown Southwest Local history 1850s home featuring 10 rooms with collectibles dating from the late 18th century up to the mid-20th century [189] River Museum Wellsville: Columbiana Northeast Historic house Operated by the Wellsville Historical Society [216] Robbins Crossing Nelsonville: Athens Southeast ...

  5. Rockford man's legacy is Frank Lloyd Wright's 'little gem' - AOL

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    Thousands of people visit, explore and appreciate it as a Rockford museum each year. Heinzeroth, founder and former president of the Laurent House Foundation, died at his home Jan. 19 at age 81.

  6. Rockford, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Rockford is a village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The village is on the St. Mary's River near the center of the western Ohio border 12 miles Northwest of Celina. The population was 1,051 at the 2020 census. The village was founded in 1815 by French-Indian trader Anthony Madore, and was originally named Shanesville.

  7. List of open-air and living history museums in the United ...

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    Shoal Creek Living History Museum, Kansas City; Montana. Daniels County Museum & Pioneer Town, Scobey; Nevada City Living History Museum, Virginia City; New Hampshire. Fort at Number 4, Charlestown; Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth; New Jersey. Allaire Village, Wall Township; Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May; Longstreet Farm, Holmdel Township ...

  8. Beattie Park Mound Group - Wikipedia

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    On its west, the park is bounded by Main Street and to its east lies the Rock River. [2] Mounds are the most visible evidence of cultures that lived for hundreds of years in the mix of biomes in northern Illinois. [3] Mound groups in eastern North America are primarily located along waterways, as is the case with the Beattie Park Mounds.

  9. Rockford Art Museum will close for six months. Here's why - AOL

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